News Year 1

Over the past few weeks, Year 1 have been reading the text ‘I want my hat back’ by Jon Klassen.

Thank you to our families who generously donated items for the St Alban’s Church Food bank.

Welcome to our new School Council  It has been wonderful meeting up with our newly elected school councillors from years 1 and 2 in the last couple of weeks and talking to them about their new roles and responsibilities.

On Thursday 8th October, the children at Ecclesbourne took part in a Readathon with the aim to set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for the most people reading online in 12 hours.

Diwali Drama and Dance We are fast approaching Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Light, which is celebrated this year on 8th November.

Last Tuesday, Year 1 set off on an exciting walk to Sanderstead Recreation Ground to identify human and physical features in their local area. 

To support our learning in geography for this term, we visited our local park, South Norwood Lake! 

This term, our topic is ‘All About Me’, where we are learning about ourselves and our local area, including important landmarks.

On Friday, our school proudly joined classrooms across the country to take part in Jeans for Genes Day.

Year 1 recently took an exciting stroll into the community to observe the seasonal shift from summer to autumn at our local park.

Our Year 1 adventurers had a fantastic summer term school trip to the Horniman Museum, bringing our “Africa” topic to life!

Our Year 1 classes had a fantastic time exploring the local library yesterday!

Over the last couple of weeks, Green and Indigo class have enjoyed an exciting and memorable trip to the Horniman Museum.

Last Friday, Year 1 enjoyed an exciting and memorable trip to the Horniman Museum.

The sun absolutely beamed down on Year 1, as if the universe itself agreed they could not have picked a better day for an adventure!